Elevated railway



, Shets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

TlJjSH ORB. ELEVATED RAILWAY.

Patented NOV. 27, 1894.

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. No. 529,757. Patented Nov. 27, 1894.

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THOMAS Jfsuonn; or CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No. 529,757, dated November 27, 1894..

Application filed February 21,1893. stun 110.46%],163- (No model.) v V To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'THOMAS J. SHORB, ot

the city of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau ing a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in elevated railways, and consists in the novel arrangement and combinatiouof. parts, as

' will be more fully hereinafter described and designated in the claims;

The principle 'involved in my invention is that of suspending the car below the superstructure, having the traction-wheels located above the center of gravity and providing eertain parts for guiding and controlling the car.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the super-structure and s owing the car suspended therefrom. Fig. 2 isavertical enlarged sectional view showing the spring controlledhanger for the car. i Fig. 3 is a deitail side elevation of the trolley and stand.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the truck and motor geared thereto. Fig. Me 'a side elevation of the superstructure. Fig. 6 is an end sectional view of the superstructure ando'ar.

Referring to the drawings; 1 indicates the complete superstructure, a-description of which I will first give. a c In theaccompanying drawings I have shown the superstructure as built for a double-line of railway, although a single super-structure would substantially. involve the same con--- struction. The primary supports consist of three rows 2, 3 and at of metallic columns 5,-said columns being constructed of any suitable style and of such a construction as involves the necessary braces to assist in the support of the superstructure. Adjoining pairs of columns 5 in each of the rows are connected by arches 6 the highest portion of which isinterinediate of the two columns and connected with the roof-plate 7 by a double "T-iI'QIlfS. The-arch 6 is additionally braced by angle-irons 9 bolted under the rpo'f plate 7'8 l1d, t0 the c01 'their length may umn 5 and extending therefrom to thearch 5o 6, to which the same is also bolted. The three columns 5 in each transverse row are connected by the roof plate 7 as above stated and by upwardly extending angle braces 11, the elbow of which is overthe'center of each track. Secured to the column 5 and extending inwardly are horizontal braces 12 to which two track-rails 13 are secured, said track-rails thus being located intermediate of the mid dle row and outside rows of columns 5. The. 60 tracks .13 are located a-slight distanceapart to allow for the passage of the hangers from which the car depends. -The braces 12 are additionally secured byangle braces 14 ex tending downwardly-and secured to the columns 5 and by angle-braces15 extending upwardly andsecured to said columns immediately under the roof-plate 7. Further supports. are provided by vertical braces lfiwhich are securedtosaid braces 15 and to' the roof? plate 7 at a point intermediate of a'vertical line withthe rails 13 and the columns 5. Ad- 4 I ditional supports for the rail are provided by guy-rods 17 which extend from the angle braces 11 at equidistant points toward the center of the rail between the two adjoining columns 5, each of said rods .17 being provided with turn-b uckles 18 by means of which be adj ustedtoequalizeithe height 'of the track-rails.- I l I So i The arrangement of the guy rods17 is particularly shown in Figslf5 and 6 and therefore needs no further and specific description, except that the l ower'endsof said rods are secured to insulation-blocks 19 inorderithat 85 the current the rails will not be carried intothe super-struotilre,- that is,in case the 1 road .is operated .byelectricity I; In [carrying out this feature 'of;tl1e constructionylj desire to also make mention of the fact that the'rails' 13 are insulated from the braces 12byplates 20 as shown in' Fig, 6. It will thusihe-seen that the super-structure is especially desig' for the supporting of the'car' below the ter of gravity which in this case includes. wheel and trucks operative over and beta the rails 13. Thewheels madeiuse otfh 5 two tread surfaces 21 and a irtgrmedia Secured to the sides of the car andexteud in'g overthe top of same to a center p'pint are metallic hanger irons 23 additionally braced tothe car by projecting angle-bracesflwhich extendunderand are secured tothe under side i 1 of the cars, as is also thecase with the strip'ih'i.

" Extending upwardly from the meetingpoint of the iron 23 from bothsides ofthe'car is a vertical bar25 in the top of' which ,is transversely located a pin 26, said bar 25 extend- ,ingr upwardly through a casing'27 securedto the under side of the truck-beams 28, which are mounted upon the axles 29 oty friction? rollers or wheel's. Y I t o'anand th truck -beamsZS are-provided with; twolor more casings vil'i a ny desirable num:

i 3 5 her, ofwhich can be fitted up with the neces- ,saryparts and depending hangers to secure the relative location of the car.

;The truck beams. 28 mountednpon the axles 29of the frictionrollers hold saidroll- 4 ers in, their properalignment and in the acjcompanyin'g drawings, wherein I'have' shown electric motor pow pp i Ihaye provided ..,This connection between the axle 41 and the fmoftor 33enables the governing of the speed bearings for an electric motor 33,the armas ture shaft 34 of which projects beyond both ends of the coil; Said projecting end of the armature shafts are provided with bevel gears 35 adapted to mesh into bevel gears 36 upon theends of'canted shafts 37, bearings t for which are provided by projections38 outwardly from-each of the truck beams 28. The

v lower ends of the shafts 37 are also provided with bevel gearsfit) which mesh into bevel gears 40 upon the projecting ends 41 of the axle upon which the rear traction-roller and the endsof the truck-beams 28 are mounted.

ILatwhich' the car is run, by means of thenecl essar'y appliances. located in the car and conoo-nected with saidtrhotor. It hasnot been {thought necessary to show the controllin appliances, asrone of the principal ideas w I ic'h desire to convey is that anyimotive power Lin usefjcanbe applied tothis construction, and

p be used this being' determined-partly by the; motive power used to operate the road.

The top of the casing'filhas twddown? principle herein involved is that of d'ependQ ing the ears below the center of gravity and I the providingof the necessary superstructitre for the carrying out 0t my-invention. In case electricity isused as herein shown, 1

': "have provided a trolley-wire 42 held by clamps 4,3 in alignment above the rails 13, and have "also provided feed-wires 44 carried by the super-structure and having branch-wires 45 to conduct the'currents into the trolleywvire 42.

The trolley 46, has. its-wheel 47 in normal contact with the trolley-wirei42 and its lower end insulated frornconnection with the truck by a plate 48 of insulation material located above the-trolley-base 49,rwith wires 50 leading from the trolley,46 to this motor-connecthetra'ck rails 13 and {mm thence into' the t rantion-rollers to the' necessary motor-connections I l "In-order thatthe" cars will maintain a determinate vertical position, I have provided cross-braces 51 secured to the columns 5 and provided to supporta longitudinal guide-rail 52,- which is circular in cross-section and adapted to provide side-bearings for rollers 53 secured under the'car and upon each side of said guides 52., n Thavenow'specifically described the coustruction of the super-structure and setforth the principle involved in my invention. It is noticeable that the construction is such as to'in'sure the desired supporting of parts to produce the result contemplated by me. in 1 my invention,- and particular attention is called to the' thoroughness with which I have suspended the car and provided the necesany kind. If desirable I could provide a make use of two pairs "of track-rails located each side of the center, this construction requiring two tracks and motor connections.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is-- right columns supported by cross braces,,said braces securing aligned track-rails, traction engage upon the 'tops of said adjoining rails, said traction-rollers located relatively-above the center of the car, said rollers connected by truck beams, and depending'hangers conmeeting said truck with the car and adapted to depend the same below'the'center of gravity, substantially as'set' forth. 2. An improved elevated railway having a super-structure comprising a number of upright columns connected in rows by arch tion. The opposite pole of the current to that carried by the trolley wire, is distributed into in this connection I desire to reiterate that the 5" IOO sary devices to guard against accidents of" double track foreach line of railway, that is, 1

1. An improved elevated railway havinga super-structure comprisinga number of uprollers havingacentralannularflange adapted:

to travel between said rails, the outer tread. V surfaces of said traction-rollers adapted to,

treadsurfaces,anintermediateannularflange Witnesesr braces, connected in parallel by cross-braces,- tudilial alignment by truck-beams, substzin the track-rails held above the surface and tiallyjas set; forth. i'o

between said rows of upright columns, trac- In testimonywher'eof Iafifix my signatureie ti0n-ro11ers adapted to be operated upon said presence of two witnesses. I rail, said traction rollers having tw0-0uter THQMAS J. SHORE.

adapted to operate between said track rails, O. K. J0N ES, and two of said rollers connected in longi- 1 ALFRED A. EICKSQ: 

